The first batch of scholars of the Space Science and Technology Proliferation through University Partnerships (STeP-UP) has arrived in Japan for the testing phase of their own cube satellites.
The scholars, who are under the Space Technology & Applications Mastery, Innovation and Advancement (STAMINA4Space) program led by the University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman, have been in the East Asian country as early as Dec. 21, as per the said program’s announcement on Facebook the next day.
Under the said program, they were able to build the first locally made cube satellites, which were named Maya-3 and Maya-4.
The scholars were trained in the first-ever Master’s in Engin…
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